double-talk
Example Sentences
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I found him unpretentious and easygoing in conversation, not given to theoretical double-talk, and with none of the abrasive New York swagger of his contemporaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
He exposed double-talk, pointed out hypocrisy and could draw laughter with a wide-eyed look of incredulousness or fear.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024
All he heard from Emanuel was double-talk and evasion.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2021
That seemed to be undermined by his New Yorker article showing a comedian who specialized in double-talk leading a calisthenics drill: “Inhale! Outhale! Sidehale!”
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2021
“I want to see that ham right here in my home! I don’t want any double-talk this time. If you people want a confession from me, you’d better start paying off.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.